Sex, intelligence and educational achievement in a national cohort of over 175,000 11-year-old schoolchildren in England

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-432

  Calvin, Catherine M ^a   Fernandes, Cres ^b   Smith, Pauline ^b   Visscher, Peter M ^c   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GL Assessment   (United Kingdom)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive Abilities Test; Education; Intelligence; Key Stage 2; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954031173     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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